Breaking Bad's Dean Norris Joins Under the Dome

Dean Norris has been tapped to play the lead role in CBS' Under the Dome, based on the bestselling Steven King novel, TVGuide.com has learned.The Breaking Bad star will play Big Jim, the successful owner of a used car dealership ...

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By TV Guide

Posted Feb. 14, 2013 at 5:10 PM

By TV Guide

Posted Feb. 14, 2013 at 5:10 PM

Dean Norris has been tapped to play the lead role in CBS' Under the Dome, based on the bestselling Steven King novel, TVGuide.com has learned.

The Breaking Bad star will play Big Jim, the successful owner of a used car dealership who also serves as a town council member.

The show is about a small New England town that becomes sealed off from the world by an oversized transparent dome, and will follow the citizens' struggle to survive as they try to learn more about the dome and how to get rid of it. It will be produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment.